http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/01/31/why-every-company-needs-a-no-bozo-policy/

One of the few areas where I agree with Jobs.  The bozos need to go.  From my experience, these people tend to be project managers, business analysts, and super-users.  In other words, people who think they know how to do my job, but really don’t have a clue who to write software in an enterprise environment.  I don’t know how many times I have heard “Ya know…  I used to code too.”  Queue the eye roll.  “Really, if you were any good at it you’d still be doing it which is why you’re not programming any longer.  Right?”  I am PC enough to not say that out loud (yet), but I have started heckling the people that use that line on me in more subtle ways.   “Ya know…  That headshot makes you look like a salesman.  Exactly what are you trying to sell?”

Something else I read recently in a Neal Stevenson book, Reamde:

A’s hire A’s.  B’s hire C’s

Which kind of explains why we have such a hard time finding the right contractors.  I wants As.  I don’t want people to stroke my ego.  I want people that can write kick-ass code while conforming just enough to allow their code to be supported in the long-term.

It’s even better when they can teach me something.

I’m allowed to dream.  Right?